OmniReg Pressure Regulator

[jimmyburg]

Has anyone ever used this product?

http://www.irritrol.com/valves/valves_omr.html

I use the 2500 valves but have never seen this before.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

I've had very poor success with low end valve regulators. Both that one and RB.

[Wet_Boots]

Has anyone ever used this product?

http://www.irritrol.com/valves/valves_omr.html

I use the 2500 valves but have never seen this before.I've used them before, and they work, but not without possible problems like 'hunting', which is a slow oscillation of downstream pressure. By the way, they won't fit on a 2500 valve.

[jimmyburg]

Thanks for the info fimco and wet boots, I was looking at their website and noticed it.

[Wet_Boots]

Other manufacturers have them for their valves, and some of them employ a connecting tube to sense the downstream pressure from a foot or so from the valve, which is probably intended to counteract the tendency to 'hunt'

Instances of Omnireg 'hunting' were cured by my simply raising the outlet pressure a bit. I would never try to use the 0-100 psi regulator for drip.

[jimmyburg]

in all the years I've been in the irrigation, I have never seen a add on only the built in reg in the valve.

[Wet_Boots]

They are the same thing, basically. Even an expensive regulating valve used on a golf course works the same way, with a controlled pressure acting against the diaphragm.